Personal Info:
Real Name: Peter Petruski
Also Known As:
Place Of Birth: Gary, Indiana
First Appearance: Fantastic Four Vol.1 38
Known Associates:
Group Affiliation: Sinister Six V, Former member of the Frightful Four I, III, IV and V
Base Of Operations: New York City
Grudges: The Fantastic Four
Creators: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
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The Trapster possesses no superhuman powers, but is a genius in inventing devices and chemicals related to the field of adhesives.
Paste Gun: Originally, the Trapster employed a pistol linked by tubes to a chemical canister worn on his right hip. The gun could fire a stream of glue, adhering to anything it contacted. The glue was virtually unbreakable, flameproof, and vulnerable only to ultraviolet light. He developed a trick of firing a line of glue at a target and retracting it quickly to him, which formed a swinging line. Later on the Trapster mounted the shooters on his gauntlets.
Traps: The Trapster developed a variety of traps contained in spring-loaded spheres. Such traps have included in the past a series of balls and discs (which rebound erratically and lock onto the limbs of anyone they hit) and a "memory wire" (which forms itself into pre-determined shapes such as a cage or a weapon). Additionally, his boots contain a system of glue and dissolvent, which allows him to walk up vertical surfaces.
Peter Petruski was a research chemist who formulated an extremely adhesive "multi-polymer" liquid. Motivated by greed, he decided to use his discovery to commit crimes. Petruski created a gun which could spray his super-adhesive paste, and calling himself Paste-Pot Pete, he embarked upon a series of thefts, including an attempt to steal a top secret U.S. Army missile.